Justin Wisniewski's "Autumn and Winter"

Nationality: All American

Born-Died: 1978-

Creation Date: 2012

Size: 7 x 5 inch (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Media: Oil on panel

Location: My studio

Little self-portrait (without glasses.)  I tried to paint the meeting of two seasons.  Also, the colored elements are supposed to be Japanese maple leaves, not flowers.

Life Drawing by Justin Wisniewski

Nationality: All American

Born-Died: 1978-

Creation Date: 2012

Size: 11 × 14 inch (27.9 x  35.6 cm)

Media: Graphite on paper

Location: My studio

Justin Wisniewski's "Winter"

Nationality: All American

Born-Died: 1978-

Creation Date: 2012

Size: 7 × 5 inch (115.5 x 82.5 cm)

Media: Oil on MDF panel

Location: My studio

99% finished.

Justin Wisniewski's "Valerie Defended Valerie with her Violin Bow"

Nationality: All American
Born: 1978
Creation Date: 2011
Media: Graphite on paper
Location: Collection of the artist

Justin Wisniewski's "Woman"

Nationality: All American

Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2007

Size: 11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm)

Media: Oil on sandpaper

Location: Private Collection

Oil Sketch

Justin Wisniewski's "Nude Sketch"

Nationality: American
Born-Died: 1978 -

Creation Date: 2010

Media: Oil on primed masonite

Location: Private collection

A little oil sketch that I like.

Justin Wisniewski's "The self-sacrificer contemplated new ways of watering the plants"

Nationality: All American
Born-Died: 1978 -

Creation Date: 2011

Size: 9.875 x 5.625 inch (25.08 x 14.2875cm)

Media: 24K gold (goldpoint) on acrylic and gouache primed masonite

Location: Collection of the artist, USA
 

This is a goldpoint drawing.  It was drawn with a small stick of pure, 24K gold on a piece of masonite which was primed with an abrasive titanium ground.  It's just like drawing with a pencil only the metal filings which make up the drawing are much more permanent.  They will never fade or change color (because gold is inert) and they cannot be erased either.  Essentially, this drawing will last as long as the substrate it is drawn on lasts.

Justin Wisniewski's "Ayn Rand"

Nationality: All American
Born-Died: 1978-

Creation Date: 2011

Size: 7.5 x 10.5 inch (19.05 x 26.67 cm)

Media: Charcoal and gouache on watercolor paper

Location: Collection of the artist, USA

This drawing is currently for sale on eBay starting at only $49.99 or you can buy it now for only $99.99! 

Justin Wisniewski, Degree Show at the Edinburgh College of Art

Nationality: All American

Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2008-2010

Media: Primarily oil on panel, graphite on paper and etching ink on paper

Location: Various private collections

Justin Wisniewski's "Laura"

Nationality: All American

Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2007

Media: Oil on foamcore

Location: Collection of the artist

Oil sketch.

Justin Wisniewski's "Rain Sketch"

Nationality: All American

Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2010

Size: 8.75 x 3.5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Media: Graphite on paper

Location: Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

In this smaller sketch there are still a lot of individual lines done with a .3mm graphite pencil.

Justin Wisniewski's "The Impending Civil War"

Nationality: All American

Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2010

Size: 11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm)

Media: Graphite on hotpress watercolor paper

Location: Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

Her dress is not out of focus--it is drawn to look blurry.

Justin Wisniewski's "Megan"

Nationality: American
Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2007
Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33 x 24.8 cm)
Media: Oil on MDF panel
Location: Resipole South Gallery, Suffolk, UK

Justin Wisniewski's "When the days of the old, gray dog..."

Full title:When the days of the old gray dog,
Had all been loved into evenings,
--He aimed a little glance and a little thought,
--At the sparkling forest he once saw,
In a younger dog’s dream.

Nationality: American
Born/Died: 1978

Creation Date: 2010
Size: 18.5 x 24.75 in. (47 x 62.9 cm)
Media: Graphite on hotpress watercolor paper
Location: Private Collection

All the lines are individually drawn with an ordinary mechanical pencil.

"At the moment she hefted the makeshift weapon..." and "Equestrian Portrait of a Boy"

Today's post will have two unrelated images.  The first is a drawing by me, the second is a painting by Australian painter, George Lambert.






















"At the moment she hefted the makeshift weapon, she noticed that the storm was merely the rain."

 I am now selling 8 x 10” prints of this drawing!

These prints are suitable for framing, printed on acid-free/archival paper that has been UV coated. The drawing’s title can be read at the bottom and each print is signed with an archival ink pen.

$9.99 + $2 shipping. 

 

Despite it's small size this drawing took a very long time to make.  This is because the paper it was drawn on was white and the rainy streaks are just areas that were left white after drawing all the background lines.  I am really happy with the way this technique worked and I definitely intend to use it again.  Whenever I draw figures holding weapons I like to use relatively ordinary objects, which brings the situation closer to home for me.  I personally don't own any real weapons, but F-clamps are objects that are close to my day-to-day life.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Equestrian Portrait of a Boy"

This is a painting by the Australian painter, George Lambert.  I admit that I haven't seen that many works by Australian artists, but Lambert is easily my favorite.

Justin Wisniewski Week: "She tested the edge of her brother’s gouge as the gray sky blackened."

I just finished this drawing two days ago and I need a few more days to finish the title. I think it's going to be a full poem, but I reserve the right to change my mind.

Justin Wisniewski Week: "Gathering Feathers..."

"Gathering Feathers in a Forest Where Need Means Deserves"

Objectivists will understand the malevolent tone of the "forest where need means deserves".

Justin Wisniewski Week: "Lucien"

Lucien

This is a painting I finished the year before going to graduate school. It is a portrait of my dog, Lucien. He really did not enjoy posing for photos and thought he was in trouble for some reason. I remember taking many photos of him but I never quite got the perfect one and I had to use pieces and parts from a few different images to make it the way I wanted. When it comes to photographing dogs, you often have to take what you can get.

Justin Wisniewski Week: "For us..."

This week I'm going to present my own work. I'll give some background information as well.



"For us there is no spring, just the wind that smells fresh before the storm."

I like this little drawing, and it was the first piece I sold in the UK (at the Atkinson Gallery in Sommerset.) Just before moving to Scotland, the art gallery I worked for had an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Julian and Barbara Stanczak. I have a great deal of respect for Julian as a painter and as a person and I was very glad that he agreed to let me draw his portrait.

Justin Wisniewski Week: "Conneaut Girl"

This week I'm going to present my own work. I'll give some background information as well.



Conneaut Girl

The story behind this drawing is that I made it very recently after moving from Scotland to a place near Conneaut, Ohio, and it was Autumn when I arrived. I always tend to make Winter artwork in Winter, Summer artwork in Summer, etc. In fact, where ever I am currently living, I enjoy including objects and people from the vicinity, such as the stone walls and grassy landscape of Scotland and the forests and plants of Ohio and Pennsylvania. I find it very difficult to draw Scottish things now that I am away from Scotland.